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{{short description|Punjab affiliate of the Bharatiya Janata Party}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
| colorcode = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| native_name = ਭਾਰਤੀ ਜਨਤਾ ਪਾਰਟੀ - ਪੰਜਾਬ
| logo = [[File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg|150px]]
| abbreviation = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| president = [[Sunil Kumar Jakhar]]
| general_secretary =
| headquarters = Amar Shaheed Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, [[Chandigarh]],-160036, India
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bjp.org/stateoffice | title=Bharatiya Janata Party }}</ref>
| colours = {{colour box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Saffron (color)|Saffron]]
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|13|hex=#FF9933}} (as of 2024)
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|6|7|hex=#FF9933}}(as of [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Punjab|2026]])
| state_seats_name = [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|2|117|hex=#FF9933}}(as of 2022)
| state2_seats_name =
| state2_seats =
| website = {{URL|https://www.bjp.org/punjab}}
| symbol = [[Nelumbo nucifera|Lotus]] [[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg|130px]]
| leader = [[Ashwani Kumar Sharma (Punjab politician)|Ashwani Kumar Sharma]]
| foundation = {{start_date and years ago|df=y|p=y|1980|4|6|br=y}}
| flag = BJP Flag.svg{{!}}border
| eci =
| alliance = *[[National Democratic Alliance]]
| ideology = {{ubl|[[Integral humanism (India)|Integral humanism]]|[[Conservatism]]|[[Neoliberalism]]|[[Hindu nationalism]]|[[Liberal Conservatism]] '''Faction''' [[Sikhism]]<ref>{{cite news |title=New team new vote base, BJP eying both Sikhs and Hindus at Punjab |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india-today-insight/story/new-team-new-vote-base-how-bjp-is-eyeing-expansion-in-punjab-2305601-2022-12-05|work=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BJP's new Punjab team now has 45% Sikhs|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/sikhs-constitute-45-of-bjp-s-revamped-team-for-punjab-101670612951132.html|work=Hindustan Times}}</ref>}}
| youth = [[Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha]]
| women = [[BJP Mahila Morcha]]
| publication = '''[[Kamal Sandesh]]'''
| founder={{ubl
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[L. K. Advani|Lal Krishna Advani]]<ref name=":3001">{{Cite news|date=23 May 2019|title=What you need to know about India's BJP|work=[[Al Jazeera]]|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/india-bjp-190523053850803.html|url-status=live|access-date=16 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513075856/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/05/india-bjp-190523053850803.html|archive-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>
}} {{cslist
| title = Other founders<ref name="founders" />
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Praveen |date=7 January 2024 |title=Murli Manohar Joshi turns 90: Well-wishers flock to Raisina Road to celebrate life of BJP stalwart |url=https://theprint.in/in-pictures/murli-manohar-joshi-turns-90-well-wishers-flock-to-raisina-road-to-celebrate-life-of-bjp-stalwart/1913267/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Nanaji Deshmukh]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bharat Ratna for Pranab, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika |url=http://www.bihartimes.in/newsbihar/2019/jan/newsbihar25jan12.html |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=Bihar Times}}</ref>
| [[K. R. Malkani]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sir |first=Sp |date=29 April 2021 |title=K R Malkani - The Sindhu World Sindhi Author: The Sindh Story: Sindhi Politician: Political Mysteries |url=https://thesindhuworld.com/k-r-malkani/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=The Sindhu World |language=en-US}}</ref>
| [[Sikandar Bakht]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 April 2024 |script-title=hi:कौन थे बीजेपी के इकलौते मुस्लिम फाउंडर सिकंदर बख्त? जानिए कैसे थामा पार्टी का साथ |url=https://www.abplive.com/news/india/bjp-foundation-day-who-was-bjp-muslim-founder-sikandar-bakht-political-career-profile-in-hindi-2658177 |access-date=18 January 2025 |website= |language=hi}}</ref>
| [[Vijay Kumar Malhotra]]
| [[Vijaya Raje Scindia]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jain |first=Devaki |work=The Citizen (India) |url=https://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/en/NewsDetail/index/7/20759/The-Maharani-who-Founded-the-BJP |title=The Maharani who founded the BJP |date=14 August 2021 }}</ref>
| [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2023 |title=Rajput votes at stake in Rajasthan, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat legacy a new front in BJP, Cong battle |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/rajput-rajasthan-bhairon-singh-shekhawat-bjp-congress-8623357/ |access-date=18 January 2025 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref>
| [[Shanta Kumar]]
| [[Ram Jethmalani]]
| [[Jagannathrao Joshi]]
}}
| predecessor =
* [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] (1951–1977)
* [[Janata Party]] (1977–1980)
| split = [[Janata Party]]
|labour = [[Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Need to Know BJP-led BMS is biggest labour union in India |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/ohkSVkDnWYnxvZyuzggTsL/Need-to-Know--BJPled-BMS-is-biggest-labour-union-in-India.html |access-date=17 March 2020 |work=live mint |date=15 January 2008 |author=Pragya Singh }}</ref>
|peasants=[[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]]<ref>{{cite book|last=Gupta|first=Sejuta Das|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mQiKDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA172|pages=172–173|title= Class, Politics, and Agricultural Policies in Post-liberalisation India|isbn=978-1-108-41628-3|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|year=2019e}}</ref>
| international =
| name = Bharatiya Janata Party – Punjab
}}

The '''Bharatiya Janata Party – Punjab''' ('''BJP Punjab''') is the affiliate of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in the [[Indian state]] of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=The Hindu Bureau |date=11 July 2023 |title=Sunil Jakhar takes over as BJP Punjab chief, says BJP no longer younger brother in State |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sunil-jakhar-takes-over-as-bjp-punjab-chief-says-bjp-no-longer-younger-brother-in-state/article67068259.ece |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=The Tribune}}</ref> Its head office is situated at the Amar Sahid Dr. Syama Prasad, Mukherjee Smarak Bhawan, Dakshin Marg, Sector-37-A, [[Chandigarh]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]-160036, India.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Punjab State Office |url=https://www.bjp.org/punjab-state-office |access-date=3 January 2023 |website=Bharatiya Janata Party}}</ref> The current president of BJP Punjab is [[Sunil Kumar Jakhar]].<ref name=":0" />

==Electoral performance==
===General Elections===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+[[File:Lok Sabha.svg{{!}}class=skin-invert|100px]] [[Lok Sabha]] Elections
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:white"|Year
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:white"|Lok Sabha
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:white"|Seats contested
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:white"|Seats won
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:white"|(+/-) in seats
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:white"|% of votes
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:white"|Vote swing
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:white"|Popular vote
!style="background-color:#FF9933;color:white"|Outcome
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[9th Lok Sabha|9th]]
|
|{{Composition bar|0|13|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|
|
|
|
|{{partial|External Support}}
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1992]]
|[[10th Lok Sabha|10th]]
|9
|{{Composition bar|0|13|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{Steady}}
|16.51%
|
|4,97,999
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[11th Lok Sabha|11th]]
|6
|{{Composition bar|0|13|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{Steady}}
|6.48%
|{{decrease}} 10.03
|5,71,920
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|[[12th Lok Sabha|12th]]
|3
|{{Composition bar|3|13|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 3
|11.67%
|{{increase}} 5.19
|10,63,751
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[13th Lok Sabha|13th]]
|3
|{{Composition bar|1|13|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
|9.16%
|{{decrease}} 2.51
|8,01,806
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[14th Lok Sabha|14th]]
|3
|{{Composition bar|3|13|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 2
|10.48%
|{{increase}} 1.32
|10,71,650
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]
|3
|{{Composition bar|1|13|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
|10.06%
|{{decrease}} 0.42
|11,90,144
|{{no2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
|3
|{{Composition bar|2|13|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|8.73%
|{{decrease}} 1.33
|12,09,004
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
|3
|{{Composition bar|2|13|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{Steady}}
|9.63%
|{{increase}} 0.90
|13,25,445
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[18th Lok Sabha|18th]]
|13
|{{Composition bar|0|13|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
|{{decrease}} 2
|18.56%
|{{increase}} 8.93
|25,00,877
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|}

=== Legislative Assembly elections ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Year || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Seats contested || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|Seats won || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white"|+/- || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Voteshare (%) || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |+/- (%) || style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Outcome
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1980 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1980]] || 41 || {{Composition bar|1|117|hex=#FF9933}} || New || 6.48% || New || rowspan="3"|Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1985 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1985]] || 26 || {{Composition bar|6|117|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 5 || 4.99% || {{increase}} 1.49
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1992]] || 66 || {{Composition bar|6|117|hex=#FF9933}} || {{dash}} || 16.48% || {{increase}} 11.49%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1997]] || 22 || {{Composition bar|18|117|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 12 || 8.33% || {{increase}} 8.15% || Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2002]] || 23 || {{Composition bar|3|117|hex=#FF9933}} || {{decrease}} 15 || 5.67% || {{decrease}} 2.66% || Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2007]] || 23 || {{Composition bar|19|117|hex=#FF9933}} || {{increase}} 16 || 8.28% || {{increase}} 2.61% || rowspan="2"|Government
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2012]] || 23 || {{Composition bar|12|117|hex=#FF9933}} || {{decrease}} 7 || 7.18% || {{decrease}} 1.1%
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2017 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2017]] || 23 || {{Composition bar|3|117|hex=#FF9933}} || {{decrease}} 9 || 5.4% || {{decrease}} 1.8% || rowspan="2"|Opposition
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2022]] || 73 || {{Composition bar|2|117|hex=#FF9933}} || {{decrease}} 1 || 6.6% || {{increase}} 1.2%
|}

== Leadership ==
=== List of current Rajya Sabha MPs from Punjab ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!#
! style="width:200px" | Name<ref name="members">{{cite web|title=Statewise List|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/memberstatewise.aspx|website=164.100.47.5|accessdate=12 June 2016}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
!Term start
!Term end
|-
|1
|[[Vikramjit Singh Sahney]]
|{{party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party| rowspan=6}}
|05-Jul-2022
|04-Jul-2028
|-
|2
|[[Ashok Mittal]]
|10-Apr-2022
|09-Apr-2028
|-
|3
|[[Raghav Chadha]]
|10-Apr-2022
|09-Apr-2028
|-
|4
|[[Sandeep Pathak]]
|10-Apr-2022
|09-Apr-2028
|-
|5
|[[Harbhajan Singh]]
|10-Apr-2022
|09-Apr-2028
|-
|6
|[[Rajinder Gupta]]
|24-Oct-2025
|09-Apr-2028
|}

===Elected members===
====2022 member(s) of Legislative Assembly====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Rowspan=2|S.No
!Colspan=2|Constituency
!Rowspan=2|MLA
!Rowspan=2 colspan="2" |Present Party
!Rowspan=2| Remarks
|-
!#
!Name
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Pathankot district|''' Pathankot District''']]
|-
!01.
| 3
| [[Pathankot Assembly constituency|Pathankot]]
|[[Ashwani Kumar Sharma (Punjab politician)|Ashwani Kumar Sharma]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|-
| colspan="7" align="center" bgcolor="grey"| [[Hoshiarpur district|''' Hoshiarpur District''']]
|-
!02.
| 39
| [[Mukerian Assembly constituency|Mukerian]]
|[[Jangi Lal Mahajan]]
|Bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
|}

=== President ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: x-big;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |No.
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Name
! colspan="3" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |Term of Office
|- style="text-align: center;"
!1.
|Dr. Baldev Prakash Ji
|6-April-1980
|1988
|8 years
|- style="text-align: center;"
!2.
|Babu Hitabhilashi Ji
|August 1988
|19 September 1988
|1.5 month
|- style="text-align: center;"
!3.
|Madam Mohan Mittal
|1988
|1995
|7 years
|- style="text-align: center;"
!4.
|[[Balram Das Tandon]]
|1995
|1997
|2 years
|- style="text-align: center;"
!5.
|Manoranjan Kalia
|Feb 1997
|Oct 1997
|9 months
|- style="text-align: center;"
!6.
|Daya Singh Sodhi
|Oct 1997
|2001
|4 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |7.
|Brij Lal Rinwa
|2001
|27-Sep-2003
|2 years
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |8.
|[[Avinash Rai Khanna]]
|27-Sep-2003
|21-Apr-2007
|{{Ayd|27 September 2003|21 April 2007}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |9.
|Rajinder Bhandari
|21-Apr-2007
|4-Feb-2010
|{{Ayd|21 April 2007|4 February 2010}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |10.
|[[Ashwani Kumar Sharma (Punjab politician)|Ashwani Kumar Sharma]]
|4-Feb-2010
|15-Jan-2013
|{{Ayd|4 February 2010|15 January 2013}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |11.
|[[Kamal Sharma]]
|15-Jan-2013
|8-Apr-2016
|{{Ayd|15 January 2013|8 April 2016}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |12.
|[[Vijay Sampla]]
|8-Apr-2016
|6-Apr-2018
|{{Ayd|8 April 2016|6 April 2018}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |13.
|[[Shwait Malik]]
|6-Apr-2018
|17-Jan-2020
|{{Ayd|6 April 2018|17 January 2020}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |14.
|[[Ashwani Kumar Sharma (Punjab politician)|Ashwani Kumar Sharma]]
|17-Jan-2020
|4-Jul-2023
|{{Ayd|17 January 2020|4 July 2023}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
! style="background-color:#FF9933; color:white" |15.
|[[Sunil Kumar Jakhar]]
|5-Jul-2023
|present
|{{Ayd|5 July 2023}}
|}

==See also==

*[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[National Democratic Alliance]]
*[[Rashtriya Sikh Sangat]]
*[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bharatiya Janata Party, Punjab}}
===Works cited===
* {{cite web |title=List of Political Parties and Election Symbols main Notification Dated 18 January 2013 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/ElecSym19012013_eng.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=9 May 2013 |location=India |year=2013 |ref={{harvid |Election Commission |2013}} }}
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[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party of Punjab]]
[[Category:Political parties in Punjab, India]]

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